Chase Headley's torrid August
continued with a three-run blast to vault him into the 20-homer club, but
starter Eric Stults coughed up that lead, a taxed bullpen faltered late and the
Padres lost their fifth game in a row, 8-7 to the National League West-leading
San Francisco Giants on Saturday night.
The team's longest losing streak, six games,The Cycling Jersey also reflected the level of detail the designers put in. came in late May after the Padres limped to a 7-17 mark in April. This one dropped their record to 8-9 in August after they had put together their first winning month of the season in July.
"We're still playing good baseball," said Headley, who has a career-best eight homers and 24 RBIs to go with a .328 average this month. "Atlanta was playing really, really well (earlier in the week). They were hot. ... We have to find a way to break through, but this is different than earlier in the season.
"We've been playing a lot better."
At least the offense appeared to emerge from its recent slump.
After watching opponents outscore the Padres 28-2 over the previous four games, Headley and Carlos Quentin each provided momentous blasts ---- the former's giving the Padres a 4-1 lead in the third inning and the latter tying the game at 5 after the Giants rallied for four runs off Stults in the fifth.which quickly Garmin Cycling hunting not practical and unsafe.
Two innings later, the bullpen lost the momentum ---- for good.
Brad Brach relieved Stults to start the seventh and gave up back-to-back singles to Marco Scutaro and Pablo Sandoval. Buster Posey followed with a sacrifice fly to right, Hunter Pence walked and Joaquin Arias singled to right.
Just like that, the Giants were sitting on a 7-5 lead that they never relinquished, keeping them a half-game ahead of the Dodgers in the NL West.
Four Giants relievers limited the Padres to one run between the fifth and eighth innings and Clay Hensley bailed Jeremy Affeldt out of a shaky ninth ---- Alexi Amarista and Chris Denorfia strung together two-out, RBI singles ---- with a strikeout of pinch-hitter Mark Kotsay to end the game.
The loss again required Padres manager Bud Black to dip deep into his bullpen.It is the best time to be SKY Cycling. The Padres used four relievers even though Stults held on to work six innings.
"That was critical that we had a little bit of length (from Stults)," Black said. "We still used a number of guys. They are stressed a little bit. Clayton (Richard) has to do the same thing tomorrow to get a couple of these guys a blow. With eight guys in the pen, we can work a little bit, but there are some guys who are going to be pitching on consecutive days.
"You're talking two out of three, three out of four, four out of six ---- a lot of different days of usage ---- and that's tough on a bullpen. But our guys are ready for it."
Arias paced the Giants' 14-hit attack with a homer and three RBIs on three hits, while Posey collected three hits and Scutaro, Sandoval and Pence each had two, with much of the damage coming against Stults.
He allowed five runs on nine hits over six innings ---- the fifth game in a row that a Padres starter had allowed at least five runs. Two of those runs scored after Headley missed getting what should have been an easy out at first on Sandoval's fifth-inning grounder to third base.
Instead, with Angel Pagan on third base, Headley ranged to his left and let the momentum carry his body full circle as he snagged Sandoval's grounder and whirled home as he completed his 360-degree turn to attempt to nab the speedy Pagan at the plate.
The throw was late, Posey followed with a double and the Giants took a 5-4 lead on a sacrifice fly from Pence and a run-scoring single from Arias.
"Obviously, I wish I made the throw to first now," Headley said. "I knew he wasn't running on contact. I got a good break on it and saw he was still hanging around there. I fielded it,Hunting from a Specialized Cycling is easier in a two-person watercraft. turned around and threw home a little bit late."
Added Stults: "Obviously, Chase thought he had a chance at home. When it was hit, I was going to back up,A new residential study kung fu in china in china school equipped to international standards . so I didn't know where he was going with the ball. He felt like he had a chance there, and we weren't able to get the guy.
"I still have to make pitches after that."
The team's longest losing streak, six games,The Cycling Jersey also reflected the level of detail the designers put in. came in late May after the Padres limped to a 7-17 mark in April. This one dropped their record to 8-9 in August after they had put together their first winning month of the season in July.
"We're still playing good baseball," said Headley, who has a career-best eight homers and 24 RBIs to go with a .328 average this month. "Atlanta was playing really, really well (earlier in the week). They were hot. ... We have to find a way to break through, but this is different than earlier in the season.
"We've been playing a lot better."
At least the offense appeared to emerge from its recent slump.
After watching opponents outscore the Padres 28-2 over the previous four games, Headley and Carlos Quentin each provided momentous blasts ---- the former's giving the Padres a 4-1 lead in the third inning and the latter tying the game at 5 after the Giants rallied for four runs off Stults in the fifth.which quickly Garmin Cycling hunting not practical and unsafe.
Two innings later, the bullpen lost the momentum ---- for good.
Brad Brach relieved Stults to start the seventh and gave up back-to-back singles to Marco Scutaro and Pablo Sandoval. Buster Posey followed with a sacrifice fly to right, Hunter Pence walked and Joaquin Arias singled to right.
Just like that, the Giants were sitting on a 7-5 lead that they never relinquished, keeping them a half-game ahead of the Dodgers in the NL West.
Four Giants relievers limited the Padres to one run between the fifth and eighth innings and Clay Hensley bailed Jeremy Affeldt out of a shaky ninth ---- Alexi Amarista and Chris Denorfia strung together two-out, RBI singles ---- with a strikeout of pinch-hitter Mark Kotsay to end the game.
The loss again required Padres manager Bud Black to dip deep into his bullpen.It is the best time to be SKY Cycling. The Padres used four relievers even though Stults held on to work six innings.
"That was critical that we had a little bit of length (from Stults)," Black said. "We still used a number of guys. They are stressed a little bit. Clayton (Richard) has to do the same thing tomorrow to get a couple of these guys a blow. With eight guys in the pen, we can work a little bit, but there are some guys who are going to be pitching on consecutive days.
"You're talking two out of three, three out of four, four out of six ---- a lot of different days of usage ---- and that's tough on a bullpen. But our guys are ready for it."
Arias paced the Giants' 14-hit attack with a homer and three RBIs on three hits, while Posey collected three hits and Scutaro, Sandoval and Pence each had two, with much of the damage coming against Stults.
He allowed five runs on nine hits over six innings ---- the fifth game in a row that a Padres starter had allowed at least five runs. Two of those runs scored after Headley missed getting what should have been an easy out at first on Sandoval's fifth-inning grounder to third base.
Instead, with Angel Pagan on third base, Headley ranged to his left and let the momentum carry his body full circle as he snagged Sandoval's grounder and whirled home as he completed his 360-degree turn to attempt to nab the speedy Pagan at the plate.
The throw was late, Posey followed with a double and the Giants took a 5-4 lead on a sacrifice fly from Pence and a run-scoring single from Arias.
"Obviously, I wish I made the throw to first now," Headley said. "I knew he wasn't running on contact. I got a good break on it and saw he was still hanging around there. I fielded it,Hunting from a Specialized Cycling is easier in a two-person watercraft. turned around and threw home a little bit late."
Added Stults: "Obviously, Chase thought he had a chance at home. When it was hit, I was going to back up,A new residential study kung fu in china in china school equipped to international standards . so I didn't know where he was going with the ball. He felt like he had a chance there, and we weren't able to get the guy.
"I still have to make pitches after that."
